Var: two cases of dengue contracted on the national territory this summer

Two indigenous cases of dengue, without any link between them, were detected in the Var this summer, announced this Friday the Regional Health Agency of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.

Dengue fever is transmitted from person to person through a mosquito bite: the tiger mosquito, now established in many French departments.

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Cases that have occurred in France

The first case, recalls the ARS, was noted in the city of Toulon at the end of July, and the second in Solliès-Pont, in the Var hinterland.

We speak of an indigenous case, when a person "has contracted the disease on national territory and has not traveled to a contaminated area in the 15 days preceding the onset of symptoms", explains the Agency in a press release.

These are the only indigenous cases of dengue to have been reported in metropolitan France, according to Public Health France.

However, since May 1, it has counted 109 imported cases, including 87 from Reunion.

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Survey and mosquito control

The neighborhood where the affected person resided in Solliès-Pont was mosquito cleansed within a radius of 200 meters, said the ARS, to "eliminate potentially infected adult mosquitoes to prevent them from biting another person around them, and remove breeding sites ”. In parallel with this mosquito control, the ARS is conducting a survey of the neighborhood of the affected person to identify possible other cases.